Paxton was scheduled to have a skilled nurse from a pediatric nursing service stop by the house to evaluate him twice a week for a minimum of three weeks after being discharged from the hospital. The goal was to aid us with the transition from the hospital to the home. Today, the nurse had Susanne fill out a bunch of paperwork before she examined Paxton. She wanted to make sure that he was thriving and recovering well postoperatively. She was impressed with how good he looked. She said that he looked the best out of any of the infants she had ever evaluated after a heart surgery. She thought that it was spectacular that he had maintained his weight. His energy level and attentiveness were very encouraging.
The nurse gave Susanne a lot of pointers on G-tube care and management. She even had some tricks of the trade because her own son had a G-tube for years. It was nice for Susanne to get the inside scoop since the nurses that discharged Paxton after it was placed didn't really know what to tell her to do.
Susanne was thrilled that all of Paxton's vitals were finally within the normal range. She was finally feeling like things were looking up.
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